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If you haven’t heard the news, Kylesa made a huge announcement on Thursday evening: It’s worth clicking on through to Kylesa’s Facebook page to read some of the personal reflections and thanks from fans and fellow musicians. On the band’s…

We don’t get too personal here at hissing lawns, but no one lives in a vacuum. 2015 has been a stressful year for me personally, including some high highs plus a couple of very low lows: my father died in…

Well let’s get right to it: Kylesa has gotten great reviews for their recent album Exhausting Fire — we certainly love it here — and the band is now on an extensive tour. That dark, moody, Skip Terpstra-directed video for…

I’ve seen Kylesa live more than the average bear, somewhere in the range of…..well, a lot, let’s just leave it at that. I don’t think I’m reaching when I say that Friday night’s stunning performance at The Jinx was my…

Kylesa performed on opening night of The Jinx, and the Savannah-based metal/rock/hard-to-pigeonhole band will play The Jinx’s 12th anniversary on October 9th as they tour in support of their new album Exhausting Fire. Click here to stream Exhausting Fire and…

Great news yesterday from Kylesa: the new album Exhausting Fire will be released on Oct. 2 on Season of Mist. Check out “Lost and Confused”, which seems at first like it could be dipping into some sort of dream pop…

None of our usual hissing lawns photographers were able to go to Kylesa’s big hometown show at The Wormhole last weekend — both Tom and I were at Shaky Knees in Atlanta — but Wicked Ways Photography has graciously allowed…

Do we need another Nirvana tribute album? Do we need to hear the ubiquitous songs of Nevermind ever again? The answer to both is a resounding “yes” when the bands covering the tunes are the quality of local metal heroes…

OK, a few disclaimers: all lists are subjective, there’s something artificial in all the year-end “Best of” rankings, no one can see every show, some genres are inevitably neglected because of personal taste and happenstance, yada yada yada. But when…

Anna has already previewed Lazer/Wulf‘s palindromic album The Beast of Left and Right, but now it’s available for streaming, purchase, and download via Reto Futurist’s Bandcamp page. (Retro Futurist is the label started by core members of Kylesa.) The Beast…